98% of all remakes are worse

GaryMF said:

Luther Vandross & Cheryl Lynn - If This World Were Mine

What???????

I don't like it, and I was not aware it was a remake at the time. It was one of those songs that I would turn the station when it came on, unless my mom was listening to her stereo. I wasn't really into Luther's music anyway. The first song I really liked by him and listened to on purpose was Stop To Love. I did like some of the songs that he had done with other acts, but I did not know it was him until long after they were old. Like Hot Butterfly & Glow Of Love. I didn't find out about the Marvin & Tammi version until I saw it on Youtube and later bought a Tammi CD set. I do like theirs.

MotownSubdivision said:

Club Nouveau's rendition of "Lean on Me" is trash.

hot, steamy trash... with flies circling around it

Tom Jones - "Kiss"
Sufjan Stevens - "Alphabet Street" (I'm still trying to recover from listening to one minute of that travesty)

Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow's rendition of "Cruisin'" is an aural affront and a crime
against humanity.

RJOrion said:

GaryMF said:

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What???????

luther and cheryl lynn version is better than the original

Exactly. I can't believe anyone would think othewise!

Well, the vast majority of covers will be worse than the originals, ne?

Here are some I particularly don't like:

- Madonna "American Pie"

- Michael Bolton "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay"

- Michael Bolton "When a Man Loves a Woman"

(Basically anything by Michael Bolton)

- Prince "One of Us"

- Kim Wilde "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

- Frankie Goes to Hollywood "Roadhouse Blues"


(shudders)

MickyDolenz said:

GaryMF said:

What???????

I don't like it, and I was not aware it was a remake at the time. It was one of those songs that I would turn the station when it came on, unless my mom was listening to her stereo. I wasn't really into Luther's music anyway. The first song I really liked by him and listened to on purpose was Stop To Love. I did like some of the songs that he had done with other acts, but I did not know it was him until long after they were old. Like Hot Butterfly & Glow Of Love. I didn't find out about the Marvin & Tammi version until I saw it on Youtube and later bought a Tammi CD set. I do like theirs.

The original is way better! Covering Marvin (with or without Tammi) is rarely advisable, no matter how good your voice is.

MotownSubdivision said:

Club Nouveau's rendition of "Lean on Me" is trash.

Yes it was the one misstep for me on their sensational debut album.